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My mother was nuts : a memoir / Penny Marshall. |
| Authors: | Marshall, Penny. |
| Call number: | 791.430233 Marshall MAR |
| Publisher: | Boston : Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. Marshall, Penny. |
| Title: | My mother was nuts : a memoir / Penny Marshall. |
| Physical description: | xvi, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | Introduction -- Five more minutes -- What were you expecting, Hedy Lemarr? -- The grand concourse -- Dinnertime -- Simply ballroom -- Dear mom & dad -- The Marshall plan -- Mucho grath-e-ath -- The facts of life -- Mrs. Henry -- Forget the gas, I want the jell-o -- Take everything -- A work in progress -- Thanks God my brother had a job -- The Manson murders -- I made him sick -- All in the family -- Funny business -- Out with a laugh -- Live from New York -- Ready for prime time -- Chick fight -- From suds to stardom -- Live from New Orleans -- Where's mom? -- The remodel -- Tripping -- Dirty laundry -- Taking direction -- Old friends -- Goodbye shirl -- In the event of my death -- Peggy Sue blues -- Jumpin' jack flash -- Keeping things in perspective -- Getting street cred -- Heart and soul -- A medical mystery tour -- Batter up -- Adding wood -- The gospel -- The last bull run -- Riding in cars -- Make it funny, honey -- Get me some White Castles -- How's Penny. |
| Summary note: | From her humble roots in the Bronx to "Laverne and Shirley" and her unlikely ascent in Hollywood, the beloved actor and director tells the story of her incredible life. |
| ISBN: | 9780547892627 (hbk.) 0547892624 (hbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2012026467 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1392673 |
| Bib No.: | 1392673 |